Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent 1928 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida - Hymedesmiidae
Parent taxon: Poecilosclerida according to R.M. Finks et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Acarniidae, Amphilectidae, Cladorhizidae, Latrunculiidae, Makiyama, Merliidae, Myxillidae, Oppligera, Tedaniidae
Subtaxa: Hymedesmia
Type: Hymedesmia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hymedesmiidae in the database